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I recently moved my lab to Purdue University and am looking for graduate students. We are working at the interface of population genomics, quantitative genetics and functional genomics to understand how plants adapt to extreme environments. Reach out if you would like to discuss potential projects.
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I recently moved my lab to Purdue University and am looking for graduate students. We are working at the interface of population genomics, quantitative genetics and functional genomics to understand how plants adapt to extreme environments. Reach out if you would like to discuss potential projects.
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Sharpen your knives! High-speed video analysis reveals that blunt knives and faster cutting speeds release more eye-irritating droplets from onions by building pressure under the onion’s skin before the ejection of the tear-inducing aerosols. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/5rc750Xcvhj
October 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Sharpen your knives! High-speed video analysis reveals that blunt knives and faster cutting speeds release more eye-irritating droplets from onions by building pressure under the onion’s skin before the ejection of the tear-inducing aerosols. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/5rc750Xcvhj
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Les nouvelles fonctionnalités de @CopernicusEU sont incroyables. Elles permettent de comparer les écarts aux normes de façon annuelle.
1979 versus 2024, température de terre, température de la mer. Il n'y a pas photo.
C'est par là : pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
1979 versus 2024, température de terre, température de la mer. Il n'y a pas photo.
C'est par là : pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
October 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Les nouvelles fonctionnalités de @CopernicusEU sont incroyables. Elles permettent de comparer les écarts aux normes de façon annuelle.
1979 versus 2024, température de terre, température de la mer. Il n'y a pas photo.
C'est par là : pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
1979 versus 2024, température de terre, température de la mer. Il n'y a pas photo.
C'est par là : pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
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A study surveys resistance to the antibiotic rifampicin in 18,000 species from all major bacterial groups. Overall, bacteria readily evolve resistance, and ~ 8% already carry at least one rifampicin resistance mutation. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
August 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A study surveys resistance to the antibiotic rifampicin in 18,000 species from all major bacterial groups. Overall, bacteria readily evolve resistance, and ~ 8% already carry at least one rifampicin resistance mutation. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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In a Science study last year in mice, researchers introduced CHARM, a compact and versatile epigenetic editor that can be used to silence prion protein throughout the brain.
Learn more in this #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/4luGXLL
Learn more in this #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/4luGXLL
July 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In a Science study last year in mice, researchers introduced CHARM, a compact and versatile epigenetic editor that can be used to silence prion protein throughout the brain.
Learn more in this #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/4luGXLL
Learn more in this #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/4luGXLL
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Nature research paper: The role of metabolism in shaping enzyme structures over 400 million years
go.nature.com/46BC0fr
go.nature.com/46BC0fr
The role of metabolism in shaping enzyme structures over 400 million years - Nature
By combining structural biology and evolutionary genomics analyses, the evolution of enzymes over 400 million years is shown to be governed by catalytic function, metabolic network architecture, cost and molecular interactions.
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July 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Nature research paper: The role of metabolism in shaping enzyme structures over 400 million years
go.nature.com/46BC0fr
go.nature.com/46BC0fr
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Fungal and algal lichen symbionts show different transcriptional expression patterns in two climate zones #ProcB #OpenAccess royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
July 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Fungal and algal lichen symbionts show different transcriptional expression patterns in two climate zones #ProcB #OpenAccess royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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The rest of Mendel's alleles characterized! So, out of 7 traits, 3 caused by TE insertions!!! (though apparently there are two different green alleles, one cause by a TE insertion, but another a promoter deletion allele)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes - Nature
Characterization of the genetic architecture underlying the 7 pairs of contrasting traits studied by Mendel and the over 70 additional agronomic traits in pea (Pisum sativum) reveals their m...
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April 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The rest of Mendel's alleles characterized! So, out of 7 traits, 3 caused by TE insertions!!! (though apparently there are two different green alleles, one cause by a TE insertion, but another a promoter deletion allele)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Never listened to owt on Spotify! Good music needs to be discovered. If it’s handed to you on a plate you won’t appreciate it in the same way.. the format in itself isn’t a problem but the algorithms and remuneration issues definitely are!
Never listened to owt on Spotify! Good music needs to be discovered. If it’s handed to you on a plate you won’t appreciate it in the same way.. the format in itself isn’t a problem but the algorithms and remuneration issues definitely are!
Spotify’s biggest sin? Its algorithms have pushed artists to make joyless, toothless music | John Harris
Most musicians can only make money on the platform by writing songs inoffensive enough to get on to one of its vapid playlists, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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March 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Never listened to owt on Spotify! Good music needs to be discovered. If it’s handed to you on a plate you won’t appreciate it in the same way.. the format in itself isn’t a problem but the algorithms and remuneration issues definitely are!
Never listened to owt on Spotify! Good music needs to be discovered. If it’s handed to you on a plate you won’t appreciate it in the same way.. the format in itself isn’t a problem but the algorithms and remuneration issues definitely are!
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April 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Une dizaine de mesures doivent être annoncées la semaine prochaine pour sortir l’OFB de la série d’attaques dont elle est la cible depuis des mois. Mediapart a pu se procurer cette feuille de route et en dévoile les grandes lignes.
Par Amélie Poinssot
Par Amélie Poinssot
La police de l’environnement cède à la frange ultra du monde agricole
Une dizaine de mesures doivent être annoncées la semaine prochaine pour sortir l’OFB de la série d’attaques dont elle est la cible depuis des mois. Mediapart a pu se procurer cette feuille de route et en dévoile les grandes lignes.
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April 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Une dizaine de mesures doivent être annoncées la semaine prochaine pour sortir l’OFB de la série d’attaques dont elle est la cible depuis des mois. Mediapart a pu se procurer cette feuille de route et en dévoile les grandes lignes.
Par Amélie Poinssot
Par Amélie Poinssot
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Nature research paper: DNA-guided transcription factor interactions extend human gene regulatory code
https://go.nature.com/4j13XRc
https://go.nature.com/4j13XRc
DNA-guided transcription factor interactions extend human gene regulatory code - Nature
A large-scale analysis of DNA-bound transcription factors (TFs) shows how the presence of DNA markedly affects the landscape of TF interactions, and identifies composite motifs that are recognized by complexes of TFs rather than by individual ones.
go.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Nature research paper: DNA-guided transcription factor interactions extend human gene regulatory code
https://go.nature.com/4j13XRc
https://go.nature.com/4j13XRc
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So many of the coverage of Trump's threats to universities repeat his claims that the purpose is anti-semitism or anti-white racism and never mention
*the first amendment
*Trump's stifling of dissent in other spaces (e.g. law firms)
*the broader authoritarian playbook
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
*the first amendment
*Trump's stifling of dissent in other spaces (e.g. law firms)
*the broader authoritarian playbook
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
Trump Administration Freezes $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say
The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
So many of the coverage of Trump's threats to universities repeat his claims that the purpose is anti-semitism or anti-white racism and never mention
*the first amendment
*Trump's stifling of dissent in other spaces (e.g. law firms)
*the broader authoritarian playbook
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
*the first amendment
*Trump's stifling of dissent in other spaces (e.g. law firms)
*the broader authoritarian playbook
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...